Like the Weather

Gary Younge’s heartbreaking Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives presents child victims of gun violence. The organizing principle of the book is a tally of all the children and teenagers shot dead on a single, typical day. The day Younge chooses is November 23, 2013, when ten children and teenagers were shot dead. In addition to the portraits of victims, each chapter touches on a broader topic: the fate of public health research on gun violence; killings by abusive men run amok; the cultural politics of the National Rifle Association; and more. Patrick Blanchfield reviews Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives by Gary Younge.